Story of English: Objectives
1. The English language is much younger than ……………
- Latin
- Greek
- Persian
- All of these
Answer:- All of these
2. The Anglo-Saxons invaded England in the …………..
- fifth century
- sixth century
- seventh century
- None of these
Answer:- fifth century
3. The English language of today reflects ……………. centuries of political and social developments.
- fourth
- fifth
- sixth
- seventh
Answer:- fifth
4. Who were called together the Anglo-Saxons?
- Angles
- Saxons
- Jute
- All of these
Answer:- All of these
5. ……………. gave England its name and language.
- Indians
- Anglo-Saxons
- Romans
- None of these
Answer:- Anglo-Saxons
6. Old English covers …………..
- AD449-AD1066
- AD1067-AD1099
- AD1100-AD1149
- AD1150-AD1500
Answer:- AD449-AD1066
7. Middle English covers ……………
- AD1150-AD1500
- AD1100-AD1149
- AD1067-AD1099
- AD449-AD1066
Answer:- AD1150-AD1500
8. English used since AD 1500 till now is called ……………[2019]
- Old
- Middle
- Modern
- None of these
Answer:- Modern
9. The history of the English language is just about …………….. years old.
- 1500
- 1600
- 1700
- None of these
Answer:- 1500
10. In England, the printing press was invented in …………….
- 1475
- 1476
- 1477
- 1478
Answer:- 1476
11. In the old English period, the two major influences were ……………..
- Latin and French
- Latin and Greek
- Latin and Scandinavian
- Latin and Indian
Answer:- Latin and Scandinavian
12. The gold period of old English literature was the era of …………….
- King Alfred
- King Richard – II
- Queen Elizabeth
- None of these
Answer:- King Alfred
13. The year AD 1066 is taken to be the end of the …………….. period.[2018]
- Middle English
- Old English
- Modern English
- None of these
Answer:- Old English
14. About …………….. Christianity began to spread in England.
- AD400
- AD500
- AD600
- AD700
Answer:- AD600
15. The first phase of Middle English literature covers the period …………….
- AD950-AD1350
- AD1050-AD1215
- AD1150-AD1215
- None of these
Answer:- AD1150-AD1215
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16. The second phase of Middle English literature covers the period ……………..
- AD950-AD1350
- AD1050-AD1215
- AD1150-AD1350
- AD1250-AD1350
Answer:- AD 1250-AD1350
17. Chancer, Gower, Langland, and Wyclif are important writers of the …………….. period.
- Old English
- Middle English
- Modern English
- None of these
Answer:- Middle English
18. Modern English begins from …………….
- AD1300
- AD1400
- AD1500
- AD1600
Answer:- AD1500
19. The printing technology was introduced in England in …………….
- 1466
- 1476
- 1486
- 1496
Answer:- 1476
20. The name ‘Augustan’ was given to the early …………… century.[2018]
- 17th
- 18th
- 19th
- 20th
Answer:- 18th
21. …………… was also known as the Augustan age.
- 16th century
- 17th century
- 18th century
- 19th century
Answer:- 18th century
22. The British Grammar was written by J. Buchanan in ………………
- 1760
- 1762
- 1764
- 1766
Answer:- 1762
23. The English from the 15th century till now is called ………………. English.
- Modern
- Middle
- Old
- None of these
Answer:- Modern
24. …………… has the largest number of native speakers.
- Hindi
- Urdu
- English
- Chinese
Answer:- English
25. ……………… has the largest number of native speakers.
- English
- Chinese
- Hindi
- Urdu
Answer:- Chinese
26. In the UK, the USA, Ireland, Canada, Australia, Newzealand, and South Africa, English is spoken as a ……………
- foreign language
- second language
- mother-tongue
- None of these
Answer:- mother-tongue
27. In India, Singapore, Malaysia, Nigeria, Namibia, Botswana, etc. English is spoken as a ……………
- second language
- mother-tongue
- foreign language
- None of these
Answer:- second language
28. English is also used as a ……………… by the Anglo Indian community of India.
- foreign language
- mother-tongue
- second language
- None of these
Answer:- mother-tongue
29. In China, Japan, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Eritrea, France, Germany, Switzerland, Mexico, Brazil, etc., English is spoken as a …………….
- mother-tongue
- second language
- foreign language
- None of these
Answer:- foreign language
30. English developed from the speech of the …………..
- Anglo-Indian
- Anglo-Saxon
- Anglo-American
- None of these
Answer:- Anglo-Saxon
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31. Standard British speech is known as ………………
- RP
- AP
- IP
- None of these
Answer:- RP
32. American English differs from British English in the sphere of ……………..
- spelling
- vocabulary
- grammar
- All of these
Answer:- All of these
33. About …………… years ago, Latin was a world language.
- 600
- 700
- 800
- 900
Answer:- 800
34. In the last few decades of the ……………. century, the English language has been rapid changes.
- 17th
- 18th
- 19th
- 20th
Answer:- 20th
35. During the ……………. century, an intellectual movement swept in Europe.
- 14th
- 15th
- 16th
- 17th
Answer:- 15th
36. In his poetic words, a chancer did not use the ……………..
- the old English
- the Middle English
- Modern English
- None of these
Answer:- the old English
37. ‘The Canterbury Tales’ was written by …………….
- Langland
- Chancer
- Yeats
- None of these
Answer:- Chancer
38. ‘Paradise Regained’ was written by …………….
- Shakespeare
- Keats
- Milton
- None of these
Answer:- Milton
39. ‘Paradise Lost’ was written by ……………
- Milton
- Spenser
- Dickens
- None of these
Answer:- Milton
40. ‘The Rope of the Lock’ was written by …………….
- Shelly
- Alexander Pope
- Keats
- None of these
Answer:- Alexander Pope
41. ‘Hydibras’ was written by …………….
- Dryden
- Butler
- George Herbert
- None of these
Answer:- Butler
42. ‘Fairy queen’ was written by …………….
- Tennyson
- Spenser
- Arnold
- None of these
Answer:- Spenser
43. ‘Mac Flecknoe’ was written by ……………..
- Dryden
- John Donne
- George Herbert
- None of these
Answer:- Dryden
44. ‘Dr. Faustus’ was written by …………….
- Shakespeare
- Keats
- Christopher Marlowe
- None of these
Answer:- Christopher Marlowe
45. ‘Edward-II’ was written by ……………..
- Marlowe
- Spenser
- Milton
- None of these
Answer:- Marlowe
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46. ‘Venus and Adonis’ was written by ………………
- Keats
- Shakespeare
- Milton
- None of these
Answer:- Shakespeare
47. Wordsworth was a ……………..
- novelist
- dramatist
- poet
- None of these
Answer:- poet
48. ‘Hamlet’ is a …………….
- tragedy
- comedy
- poet
- None of these
Answer:- tragedy
49. ‘Kind Lear’ is a ………………
- comedy
- drama
- poetry
- None of these
Answer:- drama
50. ‘Piers the Plowman’ is written by ……………..
- Spenser
- Milton
- Langland
- Congreve
Answer:- Langland
51. ‘Othello’, ‘Hamlet’, ‘Macbeth’, and ‘King Lear’ were written by ……………
- Langland
- Marlowe
- Shakespeare
- Spenser
Answer:- Shakespeare
52. ‘Vision of Judgement’ was written by ……………
- Shelly
- John Keats
- Lord Byron
- None of these
Answer:- Lord Byron
53. ‘Revolt of Islam’ was written by ………………
- Lord Byron
- Shelly
- John Keats
- None of these
Answer:- Shelly
54. ‘The Scholar Gipsy’ has been written by …………..[2018]
- Matthew Arnold
- W.B. Yeats
- Robert Bridges
- J.M. Synge
Answer:- Matthew Arnold
55. ‘Sohrab and Rustan’ has been written by ……………
- W.B. Yeats
- Robert Bridge
- J.M. Synge
- Matthew Arnold
Answer:- Matthew Arnold
56. ‘The Gitanjali’ has been written by …………….
- Sarojini Naidu
- Rabindranath Tagore
- Aurobindo Ghosh
- None of these
Answer:- Rabindranath Tagore
57. ‘The Savitri’ has been written by ……………..[2019]
- Aurobindo Ghosh
- Sarojini Naidu
- Rabindranath Tagore
- None of these
Answer:- Aurobindo Ghosh
58. The word drama comes from a …………… word.[2018]
- Latin
- Scandinavian
- Greek
- American
Answer:- Greek
59. The tragedy ends with ……………..
- happiness
- sorrow
- both
- None of these
Answer:- sorrow
60. Comedy eds with ………………
- sorrow
- happiness
- both
- None of these
Answer:- happiness
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61. For a drama exposition is ……………..
- evil
- futile
- essential
- None of these
Answer:- essential
62. Morality plays developed in ……………..
- Ancient days
- Middle ages
- Modern ages
- None of these
Answer:- Middle ages
63. The first English tragedy was ……………….
- Dr. Faustus
- Julius Caesar
- Gorboduc
- King Lear
Answer:- Gorboduc
64. ‘Othello’ is a …………….
- comedy
- tragedy
- novel
- story
Answer:- tragedy
65. ‘Murder in the cathedral’ was written by …………….
- T.S. Eliot
- Shakespeare
- Marlowe
- None of these
Answer:- T.S. Eliot
66. …………….. is called the father of the modern novel.[2018]
- Richardson
- Fielding
- Johnson
- Dryden
Answer:- Richardson
67. ‘Pamela’ was written by …………….
- Defoe
- Richardson
- Jane Austen
- None of these
Answer:- Richardson
68. ‘Pride and Prejudice’ was written by ……………..
- Goldsmith
- Fielding
- Jane Austen
- None of these
Answer:- Jane Austen
69. ‘David Copperfield’ was written by ……………..
- Fielding
- George Eliot
- Dickens
- None of these
Answer:- Dickens
70. ‘Pick Wick papers were written by …………….
- Scott
- Dickens
- Thackeray
- None of these
Answer:- Dickens
71. ‘Untouchable’ and ‘Coolie’ was written by ……………[2019]
- Kiran Desai
- Anita Desai
- Raja Rao
- Mulk Raj Anand
Answer:- Mulk Raj Anand
72. ‘Serpent and the Rope’ was written by ……………..
- Mulk Raj Anand
- Kamala Das
- Raja Rao
- R. Narayan
Answer:- Raja Rao
73. ‘The God of small things’ is written by …………….[2018]
- Anita Desai
- Kamala Das
- Joru Dutt
- Arundhati Roy
Answer:- Arundhati Roy
74. ‘Train to Pakistan’ is written by……………..
- Mabohar Malgaonka
- Khushwant Singh
- Anita Desai
- R.K. Narayan
Answer:- Khushwant Singh
75. ‘A Bend in the Ganga’ is written by ……………..
- Khushwant Singh
- Anita Desai
- Manohar Malgaonkar
- Joru Dutt
Answer:- Manohar Malgaonkar
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76. ‘Arms and the man’ is written by ……………
- Shakespeare
- G.B. Shaw
- Dickens
- T.S. Eliot
Answer:- G.B. Shaw
77. The development of ……………. was helped by the introduction of printing technology.[2019]
- Middle English
- Modern English
- Old English
- None of these
Answer:- Modern English
78. ‘Tughlaq’ is written by ……………..[2019]
- Girish Karnad
- R.N. Tagore
- B.C. Chattopadhyay
- S.C. Chatterjee
Answer:- Girish Karnad
79. The major linguistic change is known as …………….[2019]
- Modern English
- Old English
- The Great Vowel Shift
- Printing technology
Answer:- The Great Vowel Shift
80. The word ‘drama’ comes from a …………….. word.[2019]
- Latin
- India
- Scandinavian
- Greek
Answer:- Greek
81. The ‘Romantic Revival’ is often associated with:[2019]
- John Dryden
- Alexander Pope
- William Wordsworth
- John Milton
Answer:- William Wordsworth
82. The English language is ………………. than Sanskrit and Persian.[2019]
- older
- younger
- classical
- None of these
Answer:- younger
83. ‘Macbeth’ and ‘Julius Caesar’ are written by …………….[2019]
- Johnson
- Goldsmith
- Shakespeare
- Sheridan
Answer:- Middle English
84. New varieties of English that have emerged in different parts of the world is called …………….[2019]
- second language
- New English
- American English
- None of these
Answer:- New English
85. The Great Vowel Shift took place during ………………[2019]
- Modern English
- Middle English
- Old English
- British English
Answer:- Middle English
86. English is used in China as a ……………. language.[2018]
- second
- first
- foreign
- third
Answer:- foreign
87. mark Twain and Henry James are …………… novelists.[2018]
- Indian
- British
- Australian
- American
Answer:- American
88. Middle English had ……………. dialects.[2018]
- two
- six
- five
- three
Answer:- five
89. ……………… helped in simplifying English.[2018]
- Bible
- Quran
- Mahabharata
- Ramayana
Answer:- Bible